Rebalancing long-term care: the role of the Medicaid HCBS waiver program
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Series Title(s):
- NHPF background paper
- Contributor(s):
- Shirk, Cynthia George Washington University. National Health Policy Forum.
- Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : National Health Policy Forum, [2006]
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Community Health Services -- economics Deinstitutionalization -- economics Home Care Services -- economics Long-Term Care -- economics Medicaid -- economics Community Health Services -- legislation & jurisprudence Community Health Services -- trends Costs and Cost Analysis Deinstitutionalization -- legislation & jurisprudence Deinstitutionalization -- trends Eligibility Determination Forecasting Home Care Services -- legislation & jurisprudence Home Care Services -- trends Long-Term Care -- legislation & jurisprudence Long-Term Care -- trends Medicaid -- legislation & jurisprudence Medicaid -- trends State Government Humans United States
- Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- This paper reviews the history and background of the Medicaid home and community-based services (HCBS) waiver program. It describes the eligibility, benefits, and financing structure, as well as the trends in program expenditures over time. The paper considers the contribution of the HCBS waiver program toward improving access to community-based care for Medicaid beneficiaries who are elderly and disabled and discusses the barriers that remain. This paper also summarizes the provisions included in the recently enacted Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 that may further expand Medicaid HCBS and considers how it may continue the process of redefining the concept of long-term care.
- Copyright:
- The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
- Extent:
- 25 leaves
- Illustrations:
- Illustrations
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101271775 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101271775